quite; utterly; really; completely
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
light brown; golden brown; tan
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
cylindrical candy made so that Kintaro's face appears wherever it is sliced; inflexibly uniform; all the same; stamped out like cookies
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
clincher; pick-up line; honeyed phrase; telling phrase; phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
coward; gutless person; sissy; weakling; loser; milquetoast
serious; not joking; straight
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
down to earth; reasonable
back off!; leave me alone!
station; office; guardroom
attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently
from the beginning; from scratch
prefab; prefabrication; prefabricated building
safety boots; safety shoes; steel-toe boots
counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
death by suffocation; death by choking